tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2052201945573574544..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Reading with the Purple PoetsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59858387228223229972010-05-19T20:47:32.995+01:002010-05-19T20:47:32.995+01:00It was a lovely occasion, and I thoroughly enjoyed...It was a lovely occasion, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, the refrain of my poem, I feel I must point out, was pirated from Gerard Manley Hopkins!<br />I was hugely impressed by how well and powerfully the poems made out of other people's writings came across. Miriam's was brill! And the Boer War one, in particular, also great. Thanks, Miri, for inviting me.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57195260164433927082010-05-19T20:47:32.996+01:002010-05-19T20:47:32.996+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-1459830457564143072010-05-19T17:04:06.277+01:002010-05-19T17:04:06.277+01:00I'm glad so many of you feel it would be good ...I'm glad so many of you feel it would be good to try this. If Kim runs another workshop I'll post it on Balaclava and maybe some of you could come along. I didn't really know about this idea before working with her. Apparently found poetry is very big in Canada.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935448538608020877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-36282699816014568572010-05-19T15:00:19.256+01:002010-05-19T15:00:19.256+01:00This sounds fascinating, Miriam. I'm no poet, ...This sounds fascinating, Miriam. I'm no poet, but I like the idea of trying this.<br /><br />SueSue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75265244327562652832010-05-19T14:56:18.883+01:002010-05-19T14:56:18.883+01:00Friend's House sounds like an excellent place ...Friend's House sounds like an excellent place to work. The poem First Impressions is very moving and, as you say, it gets the message out there to many people who would never read prose about the Boer War. Sometimes fewer words can be so much more powerful than a tome.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85227685606374682712010-05-19T10:48:12.379+01:002010-05-19T10:48:12.379+01:00I love the beauty of poetry and stand back in admi...I love the beauty of poetry and stand back in admiration of poets. For me the writing of poetry has always been an elusive art, and I have feared to tread that path.<br />But you are right - poetry can open eyes, and you have inspired me to have a go, trepidatiously...Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.com